A diverse collection of young stallions will be represented in Wednesday’s consignor select yearling auction put on by the Equine Sales Company of Louisiana. There are 192 individuals on offer after four yearlings were supplemented to the sale, which will take place at the auction house’s facilities in Opelousas, La.
The first of two open sessions of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. August yearling sale closed on Wednesday with marked improvements in average and median sale price over last year’s middle session despite the lack of a six-figure horse.
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Manitoba Division) yearling sale closed on Sunday with across-the-board declines.
The opening select session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. August yearling sale closed with a late flurry of top prices on Tuesday to help bring returns close to last year’s kickoff day of selling.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged a record number of entries for its Kentucky fall sale of yearlings and will expand this year's edition by an extra day as a result.
Barretts has adjusted the date of its fall sale of yearlings and horses of racing age, with the single-sale auction now scheduled to take place Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Del Mar.
The catalog for the 2015 Ruidoso New Mexico-bred sale is available online, featuring 323 combined Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse entries.
The upward trajectory of prices in the North American yearling market has continued through the early sales of 2015, giving consignors reason for optimism heading into the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. August yearling sale. The three-day auction will be held Tuesday through Thursday, beginning each day at 11 a.m. Eastern. A select session of 217 yearlings will kick off the sale Tuesday, followed by a pair of open sessions.
Following are some of the horses to watch in the selected portion of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. August yearling sale based on their pedigrees and the past auction performance of notable family members. Conformation, physical characteristics, veterinarian records, and late pedigree updates were not taken into consideration.
With the yearling sale season now in full swing, the Ocala Breeders Sales Co.’s August sale will provide another opportunity for first-year sires to be showcased – particularly those in Florida’s regional market. Biondetti and Overdriven, both juvenile graded/group winners from strong female families, lead the state’s first-year sires by number of yearlings cataloged and will have the chance to make an impact in a region that values precocity, looking ahead to next spring’s busy juvenile sales and racing calendar.
